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AO-51 V/u usb
by Perry Yantis 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

You have the freq right, I worked AO51 this morning with good signals. Perry WB8OTH

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AO-7 Teletype Equations Conversions table
by Nader Omer 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

HI ALL , Here is a link to AMSAT NEWSLETTER 1974 at page 9 there is a table for conversion the AO_7 teletype telemetery data http://www.ka9q.net/AMSAT-Newsletter-1974.pdf Thanks Mike DK3WN for info and link 73 de Nader , st2nh www.st2nh.com

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Newbie Question re QSLs
by Kent Frazier 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

I just made contact with Leo, W7JPI via the ISS cross-band repeater on the 1400 UTC pass. I've made contacts and exchanged QSLs with him before, but never via the ISS. Does one usually exchange QSLs when contact is made via a different satellite? I couln't find an email address for Leo to ask him directly. 73, Kent K5KNT ARRL AMSAT #36765

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AO-7 telemetry 11:50utc 4March2009
by Mark L. Hammond 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

Copied this morning.. _______ 37286-30000-39253 -40501-41914-42911-43851-44667-45059-46922-4(-40000-49700 -50000-51766-52330-53009-54000-55000-56000-57000-50000-59852 -00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547 -00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547 -00364-01916-02890-03863-04631-05057-06910-07904-00000-09670 -10000-11770-12338-13714-14603-15937-16420-17396-10000-19146 -20484-21911-22901-23880-24627-25056-26887-27 IQ-20000-29658 -30000-31000-32000-33480-34000-35223-36249-37295-30000-39252 -40501-41913-42911-43894-44627-45055-46921-47915-40000-49664 -50148-51766-52330-53009-54000-55000-56000-57000-50000-59853 -0#607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547 -00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547 -00364-01892-02 OP-03888-04637-05052-06881-07904-00000-09681 -10000-11770-12338-13714-14603-15937-16421-17397-10000-19147 -20484-21862-22901-23902-24662-25050-26834-27882-20000-29697 -30000-31000-32000-33478-34000-35223-36252-37298-30000-39250 -40501-41841-42911-43913-44688-45048-46843-47915-40000-49729 -50000-51766-52321-53009-54000-55000-56000-57000-50000-59856 -00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547 -00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547 -00365-01804-02890-03895-04719-05045?,5KQV-00000-09762 -10060-11770-12338-13714-14603-15937-16418AQUEOX-10000-19147 -20484-21785-22901-23905-24733-25043-26762-27882-20000-29769 -30231-31000-32000-33479-34000-35222-36249-37288-30000-39249 -40501-41770-42911-43914-44757-45042-46772-47916-40000-49800 -50298-51766-52329-53009-54000-55000-56000-57000-50000-59854 -00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547 -00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-02547-00607-0"547-)0 ;7-8!469 )12891-03897-04801-05039-06713-07905-00000-09845 -10279-11770-12337-13714-14603-15937-16417-17395-10000-19148 -20484-21701-22902-23906-24822-25038-26679-27882-20000-29857 -30261-31000-32000-33490-34000-35223-36239-37267-30000-39248 -40501-41690-42912-43916-44839 -00607-02547 )60-025'7ALIYPU-02547&-00607-02547-00657-02547# 200607-025 7-06070&547B YHYUBIJ YAPMPU 25472-00607-02547 -00366-01676-;-889-23 -14847?0#3 -0657-07900-00000-09878 -10216-11769-12337-13714-14"03-15937-16412-17392-28 ;-19146:" !78?-26819-2214-)",'7$ 6IAWXPSUKISIT-)808?-29894 -30193-3100-32000335)-34000-35222-36227ADU4110#(YG" -4050ARQUPR-42859-43916-44876-45032-4615'" HE P P- 16 -50217-51765-52329-53009-54000-55000-56000-57000-50000-59847 -00607-02547-0#607-0-?&7'08#32/?56;&7)0; CGM '2.0/7-02547-00607-02#47-069('-02547-00107&-. TUL 27&-866"-252QAYDSFCTGAI)00-0 913 -1021711769-1233(-07!(79-15537-16416-17399-77NHJPJ DI -21775-22765-23985-24 IWTOD -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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AO-51 V/u usb
by Perry Yantis 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

You have the freq right, I worked AO51 this morning with good signals. Perry WB8OTH

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Re: DO-64 - Silent.
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

Hi Dave, Also listened and nothing heard so you confirmed that I did not have equipment problems after the strong winds that we had. Earlier last month it was mentioned that the Delfi team might be carrying work or further investigations so hopefully this was case. Ken GW1FKY

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DO-64 - Silent.
by Dave Aitch 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

Nothing heard on either downlink during the 1204 to 1215 UTC pass to the west of the U.K. Cheers, Dave. IO80SM.

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Re: AO-51 V/u usb
by K8KFJ＠aol.com 04 Mar '09

04 Mar '09

In a message dated 3/3/2009 6:36:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, gary_lockhart33(a)yahoo.com writes: > What did I get wrong? Strong unintelligible signals for the most part That was my experience as well Gary. I was using a FT-817ND in SSB for the uplink and a FT-470 HT for the downlink. 73, Gary -K8KFJ- West Virginia Sat VUCC #125 **************Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusye…)

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AO-7 RTTY telemetry equations?
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi! Mark WA8SME asked me to post this to the -BB. He is focusing on satellite telemetry for his Teacher's Institute this summer. With AO-7 transmitting telemetry in RTTY, Mark is interested in getting the equations or other information that can be used to interpret the data. He - and I - have found the spreadsheet used with the CW telemetry, but we have not seen anything similar for the RTTY telemetry. Is there a separate spreadsheet or other document that can help with the RTTY telemetry? Or does the CW telemetry spreadsheet work for the RTTY telemetry? If possible, please reply directly to Mark. His e-mail address is mspencer -at- arrl.org Thanks in advance, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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AO-51 V/u usb
by Gary Lockhart 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

435.150 FM 145.880 USB What did I get wrong? Strong unintelligible signals for the most part except toward the end from KC2BR. Wrong sideband? Help. 73, Gary AB3ID

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iphone apps
by Josh Smith 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Has anyone used the Satellite Ham Radio (HamSat) iphone app? Or any other ham related iphone apps for that matter? Which if any would you recommend? Thanks, Josh -- Josh Smith KD8HRX email/jabber: juicewvu(a)gmail.com phone: 304.237.9369(c) () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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AO-7 RTTY Equations Conversions ???
by nader omer 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

HI All, http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/10day/msg70432.html Jim, N8OQ worte on the above link :- -------------------------------------- Greetings, I only recorded 1-minute of the RTTY from last evenings pass but was able to decode channel 11 through 16 from it to augment David's (VK5DG) decodes. Here is what I was able to decode using reverse,45,85 parameters. I also used the 1974 AMSAT J. final parameters and equations conversions. Great job to David for finding the 70-cm beacon on and decoding so much! Ch Value Ok? Description Converted Value ------------------------------------------------------- 11 734 Y Battery volts 13.74v 12 326 N Half battery volts 3.41v 13 695 Y Regulated volts 23.63v 14 602 Y 10v Reg volts 9.38v 15 937 Y 9v reg volts 9.37v 16 422 Y Ch reg1 volts 6.53v ------------------------------------------------------- Jim, N8OQ ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Question: What was the ( equations conversions ) Jim used with AO-7 RTTY data ????? 73 de Nader , st2nh www.st2nh.com

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LVB Tracker and HRD Sat Tracker setup Problem
by racer5039 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

I got my LVB Tracker box today and while going through the setup I have found a couple of things. To start off. I am using HRD 4.1 B2055, Sat Tracker 4.1 B 2019. Radio is a Kenwood 2000 Rotor is the G-5500 In the rotator set up of HRD there is no option for the GS 232B so I have no control of the ELEV. I have looked thought the other posts on HRD site but cant seem to find any talk of a fix for this. I have check the com to the rotor and can move them by hand just fine with both the GS 232 & EasyComm. Can someone point me to the right area to fix this problem please. Thanks Marv N0FJP

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AO-7 RTTY
by Geoff Matthews 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi Guys,No RTTY tlm heard from AO-7's 70cm beacon 20:45 -> 21:07 UTC 03March. Last night local time the bird was strong on 70cm RTTY here in QF22hc. 73 de Geoff vk2tfg.

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Daylight Savings Time Coming
by Doug Kuitula 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi all, Just a reminder that DST will this coming Sunday, March 8, here in the U.S. Don't forget to make the change on your tracking program if it doesn't change automatically. 73 de Doug KA8QCU

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SO-50 is OFF ???
by Raul Romero 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Try Open not Copy is OFF SO-50 ??? Raul CA3SOC

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Re: AO-7 70-cm RTTY telemetry: Please capture, decode, and post.
by nader omer 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi All, AO-7 70-cm RTTY telemetry Beacon RX on 2nd March 2009 16:51 - 17:13 UTC Software MMRTTY 45 Baud 85 Shift,HRD Signal was strong from AOS TO LOS HRD deal wll with Doppler shift after TCA!! Here are some of the data:- -10000-11768-12338-13710-QPEAQTOEU-16421-17395-10000-19131 -20484-21912-22898-23864-24549-25073-26887-27880-20000-29630 -30000-31000-32000-33479-34000-35234-36260-37288-30000-39256 -40501-41913-4910-43900-44594-45072-46920-47914-40000-49638 -50000-51765-52331-53019-540P-55-56000-57000-50000-59854 -00555-00047-00555-00047-00555-00047-00555-00047-00555-00;(7 APVMOT-00047-00555-00047-00555-00047-00555-00047-00555-00047 -00365-11869-02810-03884-04640-0506APYITR207898-0010-09528N -10000-11745-12307-13712-14603-15937-16432217381(,17011-19055 -20484-21807-22900-23896-24612-25056-26797-27881-20000-2966MA Snapshot of MMRTTY with AO-7 RTTY Beacon data. http://www.st2nh.com/AO-7RTTYBEACONST2NH.JPG/AO-7RTTYBEACONST2NH-full;init:… 73 de Nader , st2nh www.st2nh.com

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FW: AO-7 DX-list NEW-UPDATE
by Pierre van Deventer 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hmmmm beter QSL kry en aan stuur, ek is nog nie eers mooi op die lys nie en hy wil my afhaal Hi... Ek het nog nooit QSL van PY2UNU ontvang nie ? Ek dink ek het direk ge QSL !! Pierre -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of SV1BSX Sent: 03 March 2009 01:32 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 DX-list NEW-UPDATE Hello all, the new updated "AO-7 DX-List" is already uploaded and we have 2 NEW Records for the 1st & 2nd place of the "Longest Distance QSO" via AO-7!!! The 1st "New WW Record" has been achieved by W4FDU and LU2DPW on CW-Mode. The distance between the 2 stations (EL89TP <> GF05GI) is 7537 Km, about 99 Km more than previous record ! Well done ! The 2nd place has been also changed with a second New-Record of 7524 Km by AA4FL and LU2DPW (....LU2DPW "strikes" once again !). The previous Record (7438 Km) by Joe, K3SZH and Fabio, PY4AJ, it's now in the 3rd place of DX-List. Congratulations to all operators ! Great competition ! For more details visit the new URL of page: http://www.qsl.net/sv1bsx/oscardx/ao7-dx.html ....and a few "Tips": Please keep in mind, I have set a new "Limit" for each operator in order to send me NO more than 2 QSOs maximum. So, please send me just your "first two" best DX contacts - no more- in order to keep the List as short as possible (and interesting !). The participation does not have meaning if includes a lot of contacts for each one operator, there is not any sense to send me somebody 5-10 QSOs and the most of these with a distance lower than 6500 Km. We looking for the "Longest distance DX-QSOs" via AO-7 - NOT for a.... Long-long boring List. Actually, after a few months I will keep into the DX-List ONLY the confirmed QSOs . Thus, in my new page only these QSOs (Highlighted with Yellow-color) have "counting" - including the foto of QSL-card. The NON CONFIRMED QSOs are already without any number (counting) in the 1st column and they will be erased the next year from the list, if the concerned operators don't send me the relative QSL-cards. That it was a request by several operators which have already Confirmed QSOs and I agree with that, it's absolutely fair. As they used to say: "The Final Courtesy of DX-QSO is a QSL Card" ! BTW I am fully surprised about the complete absence of MODE-A in the DX-List ! Nobody? Why that? After a few weeks the Old-girl will enter in new eclipse-period, so we will lose the 24/7 "switching" between Mode-A & B. Finally, pse check your personal entries (...if you have) in the DX-List and let me know for any possible error -particularly- in the "Distance (Km)" and "Locator" columns. The most participators have different programs, they don't use the "TinyLocator" for the distance-calculation and thus, I need to re-calculate several entries in order to make an accurate DX-List. That is not easy if I have 10-15 new entries per update, so ...."don't shoot the pianist" ! Just let me know about the fault and I will correct it ASAP. Thanks in advance 73 de Mak, SV1BSX Email: sv1bsx "AT" yahoo .gr URL : http://sv1bsx.50webs.com _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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packet iss 145.800 or 145.825?
by Mr Jeffrey L Ross 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

hi folks. have not been keeping up on the freq for the iss last month or so, anyone know what one she is on? i am on vhf using uiss. 145.825 tonight. kc8gkf 1200 baud.

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AO51
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Screaming downlink on current mode. I talked to myself from AOS to LOS. The footprint covered most of western U.S. Where is everyone?? 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle

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Fw: Re: LVB Tracker and HRD Sat Tracker setup Problem
by R. Chastain 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

The G6LVB unit also works great with Orbitron and the Wisp driver. RoD KD0XX --- On Mon, 3/2/09, Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LVB Tracker and HRD Sat Tracker setup Problem To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org, "racer5039" <racer5039(a)q.com> Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 9:22 PM Hi Marv, I don't think that HRD supports a control box in either EasyComm or GS232 modes yet, so the LVB Tracker isn't going to work. It is still in the "developmental" stage as I recall. So, you probably cannot get it to work right with that program... So--you might want to check out SatPC32. It's a super program, and if/when you register, ALL of the money goes to AMSAT! 73, Mark N8MH > * Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker and HRD Sat Tracker setup Problem > * From: "racer5039" <<mailto:[email protected]>racer5039@xxxxx> > * Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:22:47 -0600 > >---------- > >I got my LVB Tracker box today and while going through the setup I have found a >couple of things. >To start off. I am using HRD 4.1 B2055, Sat Tracker 4.1 B 2019. >Radio is a Kenwood 2000 Rotor is the G-5500 >In the rotator set up of HRD there is no option for the GS 232B so I have no >control of the ELEV. >I have looked thought the other posts on HRD site but cant seem to find any >talk of a fix for this. >I have check the com to the rotor and can move them by hand just fine with both >the GS 232 & EasyComm. >Can someone point me to the right area to fix this problem please. >Thanks >Marv >N0FJP Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: LVB Tracker and HRD Sat Tracker setup Problem
by Mark L. Hammond 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi Marv, I don't think that HRD supports a control box in either EasyComm or GS232 modes yet, so the LVB Tracker isn't going to work. It is still in the "developmental" stage as I recall. So, you probably cannot get it to work right with that program... So--you might want to check out SatPC32. It's a super program, and if/when you register, ALL of the money goes to AMSAT! 73, Mark N8MH > * Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker and HRD Sat Tracker setup Problem > * From: "racer5039" <<mailto:[email protected]>racer5039@xxxxx> > * Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:22:47 -0600 > >---------- > >I got my LVB Tracker box today and while going through the setup I have found a >couple of things. >To start off. I am using HRD 4.1 B2055, Sat Tracker 4.1 B 2019. >Radio is a Kenwood 2000 Rotor is the G-5500 >In the rotator set up of HRD there is no option for the GS 232B so I have no >control of the ELEV. >I have looked thought the other posts on HRD site but cant seem to find any >talk of a fix for this. >I have check the com to the rotor and can move them by hand just fine with both >the GS 232 & EasyComm. >Can someone point me to the right area to fix this problem please. >Thanks >Marv >N0FJP Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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AO-7 telemetry 2March2009 22:48utc, 3March2009 00:37utc
by Mark L. Hammond 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Okay, it's a bit of a mess...but there's a good bit in here for anyone that is collecting/collating/processing. 73, Mark N8MH --- Logging started at Mon Mar 2 22:42:20 2009 UTC --- RX (2009-03-02 22:49Z): EPHTLEWUUVATPN3"502870000-59854 RX (2009-03-02 22:49Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:49Z): 4 RX (2009-03-02 22:49Z): 060-0#47-00560-000470060-00047-00560300047-00560-00047 RX (2009-03-02 22:49Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:49Z): -00560-00047-00560-00047-00560-00047-00560-00047-00560-00047 RX (2009-03-02 22:49Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:49Z): -00370-01906-02610-03895-04875-05184-06902-07644-00000-09916 RX (2009-03-02 22:50Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:50Z): -10000-11772-12339-13715-14603-15937-11422-17400-10000-19148 RX (2009-03-02 22:50Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:50Z): -20484-219082-22622-23904-2487?-25181-26884-27621-20000-29910 RX (2009-03-02 22:50Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:50Z): -30000?-31000-32000-33484-3400;-35236-36235-37225-30000-39254 RX (2009-03-02 22:50Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:50Z): -0501-41913-42679-43877-44884-45173-46921-47683-40000-49923 RX (2009-03-02 22:51Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:51Z): -50000-51868-52332-53009-54000-55000-56000-57000-50000-59854 RX (2009-03-02 22:51Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:51Z): -00560-00047-00560-00)4700560-00047-00560-00047-00560-00047 RX (2009-03-02 22:51Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:51Z): -00560-00:4700560-00047-0056000047-00560-00047-00560-00047 RX (2009-03-02 22:51Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:51Z): -00370-0691/(1:,;-03790-04876-05078-06911-07731-00000-09915 RX (2009-03-02 22:52Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:52Z): -10000-11772-12340-13715-14603-15937-16434-17403-10000-19146 RX (2009-03-02 22:52Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:52Z): -20484-21912-22762-23770-24879-25020-26888-27752-20000-29910 RX (2009-03-02 22:52Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:52Z): -30000-31000-32000-33482-34000-35236-36236-37234-30000-39255 RX (2009-03-02 22:52Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:52Z): -40501-41915-42791-43765-44883-45018-46923-47802-40000-49922 RX (2009-03-02 22:53Z): RX (2009-03-02 22:53Z): 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RX (2009-03-03 00:53Z): PPLKBPPQUQSWV RX (2009-03-03 00:53Z): XVIDZQLGGQJPRQCSBC BBSCPWFJDJM7/)2#.)83",--,;$)-"''568'67-00#1-0 RX (2009-03-03 00:53Z): 5<BEL>-2885613#247-00561-025472 RX (2009-03-03 00:53Z): RX (2009-03-03 00:53Z): -00378-01915-02648-03739-04871-05031 RX (2009-03-03 00:54Z): 06908-058?,& RX (2009-03-03 00:54Z): #030?)"PJBQPPFK"4$#1)-1)$$8./.3'0#9,!60((,:.0082831' RX (2009-03-03 00:54Z): -112259-,:879 CK SS")6 YGQAVRBZTSSDGOIBVJQYLZPSIPJDTIAYPPQ5'-6235&-37)6,77-.60).AV --- Logging stopped at Tue Mar 3 00:57:35 2009 UTC --- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Re: AO-51 V(ssb)/U fun!
by James Craig 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Agreed!, worked VK4BZ on a low elevation pass last night....a lot of fun in this mode! regards, James - ZL4JM QRPARCI #13307 AMSAT #36899 RF70bs - original message - Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V(ssb)/U fun! From: David - KG4ZLB <m0zlb(a)btinternet.com> Date: 02/03/2009 23:52 What a blast! Had to reduce power and reduce the volume the downlink was so strong! Thanks to AA5PK, N8MH & WØPD for the contacts! See you next time round :-D David KG4ZLB www.kg4zlb.com Graham Shirville wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I can confirm that this AO51 mode works extremely well - trouble is that > this side of the water there is Zero activity. It is very sensitive and has > great audio but on the 1833UTC pass I became very bored with the sound of my > own voice. Lets hope more stations join in on subsequent passes:) > > 73 > > Graham > G3VZV > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:48 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 V(ssb)/U fun! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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ANS-062 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - March 3 is AMSAT's 40th Anniversary
by JoAnne Maenpaa 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-062.01 ANS Special Bulletin: March 3 Marks AMSAT's 40th Anniversary AMSAT News Service Bulletin 062.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. March 3, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-062.01 March 3, 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of AMSAT's incorporation. AMSAT was incorporated in the District of Columbia on March 3, 1969. Perry, W3PK who was AMSAT President from 1969 to mid-1980 said, "We filed the application for incorporation 40 years ago on Feb. 27, 1969. A copy of the filing has been saved at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/AboutAmsat/documents/incorporation.php You can see a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/AboutAmsat/documents/certificate.php Perry is working with Dick Daniels, W4PUJ to preserve the original AMSAT Newsletters, archived in paper format onto electronic media. Additional AMSAT history can be found in the archives of the "Amateur Satellite Report" Newsletters scanned and converted to PDF by Phil Karn, KA9Q. Phil has these issues posted on his website (with AMSAT's permission). See: http://www.ka9q.net/newsletters.html As the electronic archive project makes progress Perry will issue a call for one or more volunteers willing to receive scans of additional issues JPEG format via e-mail, perform the OCR work and help us change them to searchable PDF files. Watch upcoming issues of The AMSAT Journal for articles of AMSAT's roots. AMSAT will also feature 40 years of our accomplishments at the 2009 Dayton Hamvention. [ANS thanks Perry, W3PK for the above information] /EX

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AO-51 V(ssb)/U fun!
by Mark L. Hammond 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hi all, Had a great LONG QSO with Marc N1SDH this morning on AO-51 on the V(SSB)/U repeater. Audio sounds great on this mode and even lets you "double" a bit and still hear each other :) Here is my DOPPLER.SQF entry for SatPC32: AO-51,435150,145880,FM,USB,Nor,0,0,SSB V/U I was within 100Hz of being "on the money" with the uplink (TS-2000x). Give it a try...you too might find it fun and a bit different from the "same ol' same ol'" FM Repeater, V(SSB)/U Uplink: 145.880 MHz SSB Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM 73, -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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AO-7 DX-list NEW-UPDATE
by SV1BSX 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hello all, the new updated "AO-7 DX-List" is already uploaded and we have 2 NEW Records for the 1st & 2nd place of the "Longest Distance QSO" via AO-7!!! The 1st "New WW Record" has been achieved by W4FDU and LU2DPW on CW-Mode. The distance between the 2 stations (EL89TP <> GF05GI) is 7537 Km, about 99 Km more than previous record ! Well done ! The 2nd place has been also changed with a second New-Record of 7524 Km by AA4FL and LU2DPW (....LU2DPW "strikes" once again !). The previous Record (7438 Km) by Joe, K3SZH and Fabio, PY4AJ, it's now in the 3rd place of DX-List. Congratulations to all operators ! Great competition ! For more details visit the new URL of page: http://www.qsl.net/sv1bsx/oscardx/ao7-dx.html ....and a few "Tips": Please keep in mind, I have set a new "Limit" for each operator in order to send me NO more than 2 QSOs maximum. So, please send me just your "first two" best DX contacts - no more- in order to keep the List as short as possible (and interesting !). The participation does not have meaning if includes a lot of contacts for each one operator, there is not any sense to send me somebody 5-10 QSOs and the most of these with a distance lower than 6500 Km. We looking for the "Longest distance DX-QSOs" via AO-7 - NOT for a.... Long-long boring List. Actually, after a few months I will keep into the DX-List ONLY the confirmed QSOs . Thus, in my new page only these QSOs (Highlighted with Yellow-color) have "counting" - including the foto of QSL-card. The NON CONFIRMED QSOs are already without any number (counting) in the 1st column and they will be erased the next year from the list, if the concerned operators don't send me the relative QSL-cards. That it was a request by several operators which have already Confirmed QSOs and I agree with that, it's absolutely fair. As they used to say: "The Final Courtesy of DX-QSO is a QSL Card" ! BTW I am fully surprised about the complete absence of MODE-A in the DX-List ! Nobody? Why that? After a few weeks the Old-girl will enter in new eclipse-period, so we will lose the 24/7 "switching" between Mode-A & B. Finally, pse check your personal entries (...if you have) in the DX-List and let me know for any possible error -particularly- in the "Distance (Km)" and "Locator" columns. The most participators have different programs, they don't use the "TinyLocator" for the distance-calculation and thus, I need to re-calculate several entries in order to make an accurate DX-List. That is not easy if I have 10-15 new entries per update, so ...."don't shoot the pianist" ! Just let me know about the fault and I will correct it ASAP. Thanks in advance 73 de Mak, SV1BSX Email: sv1bsx "AT" yahoo .gr URL : http://sv1bsx.50webs.com

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News for the Southern Hemisphere only
by Graham Shirville 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hi All, VERY GENTLE DX-PEDITION TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC Commencing March 7th 2009, I will be onboard MV Minerva which is visiting the islands off lying Antarctica. The schedule includes visits to South Georgia (VP8) on March 12 &13th and Tristan da Cunha (ZD9) on March 18 &19th before arriving in Cape Town on March 24th. Activity is planned via SO50, AO51 and the ISS (if available) from the ship and, if licences can be obtained, from the islands themselves. I intend to take FM handhelds and an Arrow antenna and hope to have at least some limited internet access which can be used to arrange skeds. 73 Graham G3VZV/MM

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CUTE TLM
by Dave Aitch 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 88 CB A4 68 3C 2B 27 A4 58 33 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CB A4 68 3C 2A 27 A9 5D 35 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 88 CA A4 68 3C 2A 27 9F 56 31 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 88 CA A4 67 3C 2A 27 9E 5D 34 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CB A7 99 3C 2A 27 7B 5B 30 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CB A8 9A 3C 29 27 81 51 31 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CC A9 94 3C 29 27 7C 5B 34 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 88 CC A9 9B 3C 29 26 76 5D 34 17 73, Dave. G1OCN AMSAT UK 5766 IO80SM

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AO-7 Telemtry
by Pierre van Deventer 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

AO7 435.100 RTTY dump 2 March 2009 1620 UTC Hope this is of some use. 73, Pierre ZS6BB 16:18:52> Main -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ361-Ø1917-Ø2891-Ø3857-Ø4647-Ø5Ø1Ø-Ø6911-Ø79Ø5-ØØØØØ-Ø9682 -1ØØØØ-11771-12338-13715-146Ø3-15937-16429-174Ø2-1ØØØØ-19149 -2Ø484-21912-229Ø1-2388Ø-24636-25Ø1Ø-26888-27882-2ØØØØ-29667 -3ØØØØ-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33472-34ØØØ-35234-36263-37292-3ØØØØ-39251 -4Ø5Ø1-41915-42911-43899-4463Ø-45Ø1Ø-46922-47916-4ØØØØ-49667 -5ØØØØ-51767-52331-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59857 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ362-Ø1914-Ø289Ø-Ø3891-Ø4619-Ø5Ø1Ø-Ø69Ø2-Ø79Ø5-ØØØØØ-Ø9665 -1ØØØØ-11771-12339-13715-146Ø3-15937-1643Ø-174Ø2-1ØØØØ-19149 -2Ø484-21878-229Ø1-239Ø3-24654-25Ø1Ø-26848-27882-2ØØØØ-29694 -3ØØØØ-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33446-34ØØØ-35234-36267-373Ø2-3ØØØØ-39249 -4Ø5Ø1-41849-42912-43913-44689-45Ø1Ø-4685Ø-47916-4ØØØØ-49734 -5ØØØØ-51768-52331-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59864 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ362-Ø18Ø2-Ø2891-Ø3895-Ø4729-Ø5Ø11-Ø6792-Ø79Ø5-ØØØØØ-Ø9772 -1ØØØØ-11771-1233Ø-13715-146Ø3-15937-16426-174Ø1-1ØØØØ-1915Ø -2Ø484-21781-229Ø2-239Ø5-24748-25Ø11-26757-27883-2ØØØØ-29782 -3ØØ54-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33463-34ØØØ-35234-36267-37296-3ØØØØ-39248 -4Ø5Ø1-41767-42912-43915-44767-45Ø11-46767-47916-4ØØØØ-49813 -5ØØ64-51767-52331-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59855 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-Ø)Ø47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ363-Ø1711-Ø2892-Ø3897-Ø4818-Ø5Ø11-Ø67Ø2-ØKUUUU-Ø9863 -1ØØ62-11771-1238-13715-146Ø3-15937-16425-174ØØ-1ØØØØ-1915Ø -2Ø484-21689-229Ø3-239Ø7-24841-25Ø11-26667-27883-2ØØØØ-29875 -3ØØ58-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33479-34ØØØ-35234-36259-37278-3ØØØØ-39248 -4Ø5Ø1-41676-42913-43916-44858-45Ø11-46679-47917-4ØØØØ-49899 -5ØØ56-51767-5233Ø-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59851 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ364-Ø1662-Ø2891-Ø3898-Ø4865-Ø5Ø11-Ø666Ø-Ø7899-ØØØØØ-Ø99Ø7 -1ØØ43-1177Ø-12338-13714-146Ø3-15937-1642Ø-17397-1ØØØØ-1915Ø -2Ø484-21681-2287Ø-239Ø7-24875-25Ø11-2667Ø-27844-2ØØØØ-299Ø7 -3ØØ8Ø-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33495-34ØØØ-35235-36248-3729 -4Ø5Ø1-41716-42846-43916-44881-45Ø11-46729-47843-4ØØØØ-4992Ø -5ØØ97-51767-5233Ø-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59847 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ365-Ø177Ø-Ø2773-Ø3897-Ø4876-Ø5Ø11-Ø6769-Ø778Ø-ØØØØØ-Ø9916 -1Ø119-1177Ø-12337-13714-146Ø3-15937-1642Ø-17397-1ØØØØ-1915Ø -2Ø484-21783-2276Ø-239Ø6-24882-25Ø11-26766-27739-2ØØØØ-29913 -3Ø119-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33528-34ØØØ-35234-36232-37226-3ØØØØ-3925Ø -4Ø5Ø1-418ØØ-4275Ø-43915-44886-45Ø11-468Ø9-4775Ø-4ØØØØ-49925 -5Ø11Ø-51765-52329-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ(877-5ØØØØ-59845 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ365-Ø1866-Ø2671-Ø3896-Ø4877-Ø5Ø11-Ø6866-Ø7676-ØØØØØ-Ø9917 -1ØØ74-1177Ø-12337-13714-146Ø3-15937-16422-17398-1ØØØØ-19149 -2Ø484-21882-2266Ø-239Ø5-2488Ø-25Ø11-)682-27639-2ØØØØ-29911 33ØØ5Ø-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-3364Ø-34ØØØ-35234-3622Ø-37211-3ØØØØ-39252 -4Ø5Ø1-41898-42652-43915-44885-45Ø11-469Ø8-47656-4ØØØØ-49923 -5ØØ28-51767-5233Ø-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59848

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AO-7 70-cm RTTY telemetry: Please capture, decode, and post.
by DeYoung James 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Greetings, The 70-cm beacon has been on again today. Unfortunately, the frequency was not stable at all times during the two passes monitored here. I encourage those with the capability to capture, decode, and post any 70-cm RTTY-based telemetry here on the AMSAT-BB to ensure archiving and general availability of the data obtained. Best regards, Jim, N8OQ

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Interesting orbit for a Japanese mission
by Andrew Glasbrenner 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/astro-g/index.shtml Altitude Perigee 1,000km, Apogee 25,000 km Inclination 31° Type of Orbit Highly elliptical Period Approx. 7 hr 30 min That would sure be a good launch to have something with a transponder hitch a ride on. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Re: AMSAT-UK Colloquium Manchester England - First Call for Speakers
by G0MRF＠aol.com 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Given that I have sent 8 e-mails to this address over the last 2 years and every one has been rejected, wouldn't it be an idea to get an additional address which does not have the very high levels of security present on this works QTH e-mail? (Blocks all AOL addresses among others) Dave is aware of the problem but it is never resolved. Thanks David In a message dated 01/03/2009 23:10:56 GMT Standard Time, m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk writes: Offers of talks should be submitted as soon as possible; the final date for full documents to be received is late-June 2009 in order that the "Proceedings" document be available to participants. Submissions should be sent *ONLY* to G4DPZ via the following routes: e-mail: david dot johnson at blackpepper dot co dot uk

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W5ACM/C6A/MM QSLs start shipping tomorrow
by Andy MacAllister 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

To All, QSLs for the W5ACM/C6A/MM Western Caribbean Cruise 2009 start shipping tomorrow, March 2, 2009. Operators/participants for this event included W5ACM, WB5RMA, WA5TWT and WA5WOD. Observers included ex-WB5QCC and ex-WA5VJT. Hopefully QCC and VJT will renew their tickets! We operated from various grids (EL54, EK69, EK66, EL60, EL46 and EL37) in the Gulf of Mexico from Galveston to Roatan (just off the coast of Honduras). We had a great time, and hope to see more ports of call, and operate from more grids in November. 73 de Andy W5ACM/C6A/MM http://www.w5acm.net

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AMSAT-UK Colloquium Manchester England - First Call for Speakers
by Trevor 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

AMSAT-UK Colloquium Manchester England - First Call for Speakers This year AMSAT-UK will be holding their Colloquium from Friday July 24th to Sunday 26th July at the University of Manchester right in the centre of the city and within 200 metres of Piccadilly Railway Station. The station has direct trains to Manchester Airport and there is also an hourly bus service from the Liverpool John Lennon Airport. This 3 day event attracts an International audience of those involved in building and operating Amateur Radio satellites and CubeSats. Details of this and previous events can be found at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium AMSAT-UK invite speakers, about amateur radio space and associated activities, for this event. They are also invited to submit papers for the "Proceedings" document which will be published at the same time but printed papers are not mandatory. We normally prefer authors to present talks themselves rather than having someone else give them in the authors' absence. We also welcome "unpresented" papers for the Proceedings document. Offers of talks should be submitted as soon as possible; the final date for full documents to be received is late-June 2009 in order that the "Proceedings" document be available to participants. Submissions should be sent *ONLY* to G4DPZ via the following routes: e-mail: david dot johnson at blackpepper dot co dot uk SnailMail: QTHR from http://www.qrz.com/ (enter G4DPZ is the callsign box) AMSAT-UK also invite anyone with requests for Program Topics to submit them as soon as possible to G4DPZ. Invitations for any papers on specific subjects will be included in the future call. Likewise if anyone knows of a good speaker, please send contact and other information to G4DPZ. 73 Dave G4DPZ ---- AMSAT-UK website http://www.uk.amsat.org/ Join AMSAT-UK online at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/ Colloquium page: http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/ ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA ----

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Question about NOAA-19
by Mark Lunday, WD4ELG 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Today, I downloaded the latest Keps into HRD after being offline for 2 weeks. Suddenly, I noticed NOAA-19 listed as having a pass today. It shows an FM repeater capability. Wow. I need to keep up, I did not catch this new FM bird. Or am I out of synch and this is not correct? Mark Lunday WD4ELG wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.net

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Sumbandila satellite info.
by G0MRF＠aol.com 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

A power point presentation on this soon to be launched South African satellite can be downloaded from _http://www.amateurradio.org.za/Sumbandila_Intecnet.pdf_ (http://www.amateurradio.org.za/Sumbandila_Intecnet.pdf) The presentation is by Dr Gert-Jan van Rooyen, ZS1GVR and is dated 22nd Feb 2009. The 80kg satellite includes an AO-51 type VHF up and UHF down repeater as a secondary payload. Launch may be as early as the end of March. Regards David

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CUTE CW TLM - 1st March 2105 to 2111 UTC
by Dave Aitch 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

CUTE 88 CA A6 69 3C 29 25 84 5E 31 17 CUTE 87 CB AC 93 3C 28 25 6F 57 34 17 CUTE 88 CB A9 9A 3C 28 25 6E 5A 34 17 CUTE 87 CB AB _5 3C 28 25 71 5C 36 17 CUTE 86 CC AA 9C 3C 28 25

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AO-27 may return, once again...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Hi! I saw on the AO-27 web page: http://www.ao27.org/ that the satellite is transmitting once again. From the schedule posted on that page, it appears it will be transmitting several minutes of data on the same passes it would have been on in the past (for a few minutes over the Northern Hemisphere). Let's hope all checks out well, so this satellite can return to normal (for AO-27) operation soon. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Re: AO-7 70-cm RTTY beacon and telemetry on!
by DeYoung James 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Greetings, I only recorded 1-minute of the RTTY from last evenings pass but was able to decode channel 11 through 16 from it to augment David's (VK5DG) decodes. Here is what I was able to decode using reverse,45,85 parameters. I also used the 1974 AMSAT J. final parameters and equations conversions. Great job to David for finding the 70-cm beacon on and decoding so much! Ch Value Ok? Description Converted Value ------------------------------------------------------- 11 734 Y Battery volts 13.74v 12 326 N Half battery volts 3.41v 13 695 Y Regulated volts 23.63v 14 602 Y 10v Reg volts 9.38v 15 937 Y 9v reg volts 9.37v 16 422 Y Ch reg1 volts 6.53v ------------------------------------------------------- Jim, N8OQ

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2M1EUB/P QRV SCOTLAND
by paul robinson 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Hi group ill be qrv all SATS from N.E.Scotland ,from 21.March.09 for one week .check out qrz.com under 2M1EUB listing for more info.should be qrv 160m and 80m as well. de paul 2E1EUB

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Re^2: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ?
by Mineo Wakita 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Drew KO4MA wrote, > I had several packets repeated (presumably) on the 0310 pass but > I could not decode them. Signal was pretty strong on the downlink. > Just using HyperTerminal and I'm sure I have a setting wrong. > Is there an easy program to use to digi that doesn't involve agwpe? I'm now using UI-View32 with TNC modeled G3RUH. L-band loop antenna, 32 ele x 2, 24dBi U-band cubical quad, 14 ele x 1, 16dBd U-band preamp, RFgain 20dB JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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ARRL Satellite Handbook
by Bruce 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Looking for something to keep you busy on those cold New England evenings? How about something to take with you to the beach while you catch some rays. Or even after hiking to the top of your favorite mountain and enjoying the breath taking view? The ARRL Satellite Handbook by Steve Ford, WB8IMY, is the perfect publication to take with you. For the new satellite and seasoned operator, this is for you. Now available at the AMSAT online store. Visit http://www.amsat.org and click on Online Store from the menu on the left. Follow the link to Publications 73...bruce AMSAT Online Store Manager (amongst other things) -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network on Galaxy-25 @97° West, Transponder 23 (12115 Vert), Symbol Rate: 22425, APID: 1794 (DVB Free To Air) Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org

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Re: AO-7
by dobarrows＠aol.com 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

As W7LRD observed, AO-7 did not go to mode B as expected earlier today. As of 0100 March 1, it was still in mode A (with signals in the 10m downlink weak) and the 70cm beacon is on at 435.100 with a good signal. W8IJ Dave Barrows

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Re: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ?
by Mineo Wakita 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Yes, the uplink frequency is 1267.603MHz. Up 1267.603MHz / Down 437.475MHz, GMSK 9k6 Unproto APRS via JQ1YTC Up Down 1267.576 437.484 AOS 1267.603 437.475 TCA 1267.630 437.466 LOS CO-65 continue doing ON of a transponder all the time for these periods in March 2009. > 2/28(Sat)12:29 - 3/02(Mon) 0:38 > 3/06(Fri)12:57 - 3/09(Mon) 1:13 > 3/14(Sat) 1:23 - 3/16(Mon) 0:12 > 3/20(Fri)12:31 - 3/23(Mon) 0:46 > 3/27(Fri)11:30 - 3/30(Mon) 1:22 > Coordinate Universal Time, UTC When it is the elevation more than about 30 degrees, you will be able to digipeat your GMSK signals. And you need to give power more than about 10 watts, and it's necessary to use a pre-amp for downlink because the output power from CO-65 is 300[mW]. This is VERY VERY weak output power from CO-65. Today 00:20-00:32UTC, 1st Mar 2009, Mel 49deg, GMSK 9600bps JE9PEL>APRS,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:27:13] <UI R>::SAT :Hello via CO-65 9k6 JA5BLZ>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:27:51] <UI>::JE9PEL :HELLO VIA CO-65 JA5BLZ>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:30:37] <UI>:73 ALL JH1BCL>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:30:40] <UI>::JA5BLZ :RGR TNX MSG 73 JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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AO-7
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Was not AO-7 supposed to be switching over from mode A to B at about 2011Z? From the log it is still in mode A. I could not access it the last pass. 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle

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Re: AO-27 may return, once again...
by Rafael Valdez G. 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Great news Pat XE2RV ------Original Message------ From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: Feb 28, 2009 4:50 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 may return, once again... Hi! I saw on the AO-27 web page: http://www.ao27.org/ <http://www.ao27.org/> that the satellite is transmitting once again. From the schedule posted on that page, it appears it will be transmitting several minutes of data on the same passes it would have been on in the past (for a few minutes over the Northern Hemisphere). Let's hope all checks out well, so this satellite can return to normal (for AO-27) operation soon. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ <http://www.wd9ewk.net/> _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>

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